It's an exciting time to be a nurse leader living in San Diego!! This week nurse leaders throughout the country have enjoyed a phenomenal nurse leader conference held in the most beautiful city in the US, San Diego. The topics have been incredible, and ranged from CNO succession and onboarding to interruptions and distractions during medication administration, and beyond. Tomorrow concludes the conference and I'm looking forward to another exciting day full of best practices sharing by some of the strongest healthcare leaders in the country.
Why Nursing Leadership? COVID has placed so much strain and stress on nursing leaders, so why should I choose to be a nursing leader? Well, the answer is multi-faceted, but it starts with your passion and purpose. Nursing leadership is NOT what you do, it's WHO YOU ARE!! I've always shared with my mentors that leadership is not about a title, it's the responsibility that you choose to take. We need more great leaders in nursing, and I hope we all commit to doing our part! Leaders create a healthy work environment, and establish a culture of honor and respect through cultivating openness of mind and role-modeling these types of behaviors. Self-awareness and engaging others in self-discovery help to cultivate and create a climate of trust and honor. Jean Watson (2009) recommended that health care providers develop an awareness of self as an essential component of transpersonal caring-healing, and to reflect on emergency, consciousness, and caring as the basis of nursing pra...
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